Published on
01/07/2026 - 21:28 GMT+2
The families of five young men killed in Venezuela have sued ousted president Nicolás Maduro in US court, alleging that he ordered the extrajudicial killings as part of a wider pattern of state violence.
The 44-page complaint states that Maduro had an elite security force called Special Action Forces (FAES) execute the men between 2017 and 2020.
It says the victims were among thousands killed under Maduro's command by units including FAES, which dissolved in 2021 after complaints of human rights abuses including from the United Nations.
